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Technical terms: the mechanics of poetry
Types of Poetry: more than just "Roses are red, violets are blue"
Figurative language: Thanks for the mental picture.
Poetry Smoetry: Review of Poems
Odds and ends: Random facts
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A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
What is meter?
100
A poem that expresses the feelings or thoughts of a speaker rather than telling a story. Examples of this include "A word is dead" and "The Word".
What is a lyric poem?
100
Example: "There was a strong odor of decaying animal that had been left to rot for months."
What is imagery?
100
In "How I Learned English" this is how the speaker learned to speak English?
What is baseball?
100
This poet preferred to be left alone and lived in the same house from birth to death.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
200
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What is couplet?
200
A poem that tells a story. "Paul Revere's Ride" would be an example of this type of poem.
What is a narrative?
200
Example: "Her face was as red as a lobster."
What is a simile?
200
In “O Captain! My Captain!” Walt Whitman was not writing for a captain but was really writing an elegy for this person.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This is when a person, place, thing, or event represents something beyond itself. An example would be the Grim Reaper.
What is symbol(ism)?
300
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit.
What is stanza?
300
Includes the deeds of a hero, heightened language, and is very long. "Beowulf" is a classic example of this.
What is an epic?
300
Example: "Ticktock. Ticktock. The clock ticktocked slowly."
What is onomatopoeia?
300
In "Barbara Frietchie" the main character sticks her head out of a window in order to save this item.
What is the flag?
300
A writer or speaker's choice of words.
What is diction?
400
A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination.
What is poetry?
400
A songlike poem that tells a story. An example would be "The Dying Cowboy".
What is a ballad?
400
***DAILY DOUBLE*** Example: "The sky must have been angry with me because a single black cloud hung over me."
What is personification?
400
In "Valentine for Ernest Mann" Ernest gives his wife two of these.
What are skunks?
400
The message of this poem was that you can't force the meaning out of poem, instead you should take your time to understand it.
What is "Introduction to Poetry"?
500
The pattern of end rhymes in a poem identified with letters of the alphabet.
What is rhyme scheme?
500
A poem on a serious subject (dedicated to one). The name of this type of poem always appears in the poem's title.
What is an ode?
500
Example: "He is so thin that if he turns sideways, he would disappear!"
What is hyperbole?
500
In this poem the teacher learns the horse is in control when it throws him off.
What is "Riding Lesson"?
500
This poet writes poems with titles that include "Merry", "Tree House", and "Instructions".
Who is Shel Silverstein?